Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Gates 
Graham 
Granville 
Greene 
Guilford 
Halifax 
Plarnett 
Haywood 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
109 
25 
250 
145 
362 
154 
372 
237 
2007 
74 
41 
231 
141 
343 
193 
285 
222 
Any 
2012 
73 
82 
339 
115 
600 
187 
425 
360 
2007 
107 
85 
442 
151 
620 
172 
442 
485 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
4 
9 
70 
13 
69 
31 
51 
27 
2007 
13 
16 
84 
21 
93 
48 
63 
70 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
8 
8 
20 
2 
37 
5 
17 
47 
2007 
2 
1 
41 
7 
58 
14 
33 
31 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
12 
9 
47 
5 
44 
12 
52 
42 
2007 
8 
6 
51 
26 
78 
14 
67 
73 
200 days or more 
2012 
49 
56 
202 
95 
450 
139 
305 
244 
2007 
84 
62 
266 
97 
391 
96 
279 
311 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
5 
8 
3 
29 
18 
33 
15 
2007 
7 
15 
25 
9 
24 
8 
34 
20 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
6 
4 
19 
16 
38 
27 
46 
17 
2007 
11 
2 
63 
11 
61 
26 
45 
45 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
29 
8 
92 
33 
131 
49 
138 
63 
2007 
39 
20 
127 
51 
170 
67 
122 
104 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
142 
95 
470 
208 
764 
247 
580 
502 
2007 
124 
89 
458 
221 
708 
264 
526 
538 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
26.2 
27.2 
23.2 
23.0 
24.0 
21.7 
21.3 
26.3 
2007 
22.9 
22.1 
21.7 
24.2 
23.0 
23.4 
21.6 
23.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
5 
8 
3 
18 
18 
27 
13 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
5 
4 
17 
7 
31 
22 
45 
14 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
22 
6 
84 
31 
120 
44 
108 
62 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
150 
97 
480 
219 
793 
257 
617 
508 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.8 
28.0 
25.4 
26.9 
26.1 
23.1 
23.2 
27.5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
_ 
_ 
5 
. 
4 
2 
2007 
4 
6 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
13 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
8 
2 
19 
17 
31 
27 
48 
13 
2007 
4 
8 
11 
7 
23 
13 
24 
11 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
23 
10 
33 
10 
80 
32 
86 
51 
2007 
23 
17 
75 
28 
107 
35 
110 
98 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
42 
17 
121 
67 
185 
38 
164 
123 
2007 
55 
27 
192 
81 
231 
80 
162 
166 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
26 
15 
72 
35 
120 
45 
90 
78 
2007 
15 
17 
84 
43 
117 
43 
123 
78 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
32 
17 
120 
49 
124 
44 
133 
92 
2007 
22 
13 
84 
46 
138 
48 
107 
115 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
14 
23 
59 
41 
179 
75 
114 
95 
2007 
21 
20 
77 
24 
113 
58 
70 
83 
70 years and over 
2012 
37 
23 
165 
41 
238 
80 
158 
143 
2007 
37 
18 
150 
58 
234 
88 
131 
143 
Average age 
2012 
58.3 
60.8 
61.1 
58.4 
60.7 
59.7 
58.1 
60.6 
2007 
57.5 
55.0 
58.7 
57.8 
59.6 
60.0 
57.1 
57.6 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
119 
79 
351 
187 
697 
234 
556 
333 
2007 
105 
76 
344 
151 
572 
138 
400 
357 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
7 
10 
37 
27 
46 
28 
58 
28 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
83 
42 
185 
115 
348 
98 
363 
130 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
17 
1 
66 
16 
180 
28 
69 
100 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
6 
- 
9 
4 
21 
7 
4 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
9 
4 
39 
32 
129 
80 
63 
44 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
9 
24 
36 
22 
59 
63 
49 
30 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
- 
2 
1 
4 
16 
2 
4 
6 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
7 
2 
7 
4 
6 
7 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
164 
106 
566 
236 
941 
320 
780 
582 
acres, 2012 
53,050 
6,527 
93,292 
93,658 
87,416 
180,885 
116,028 
47,087 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
11 
- 
21 
18 
43 
44 
45 
18 
acres, 2012 
3,124 
- 
7,992 
12,326 
5,889 
31,586 
18,350 
2,597 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
146 
98 
517 
186 
853 
246 
732 
546 
2007 
158 
106 
577 
225 
833 
276 
647 
626 
acres, 2012 
35,887 
5,953 
76,443 
(D) 
70,958 
112,007 
97,906 
42,986 
2007 
(D) 
5,876 
97,034 
(D) 
69,604 
(D) 
(D) 
46,763 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
26 
6 
33 
26 
37 
36 
29 
26 
2007 
15 
15 
71 
30 
70 
50 
49 
56 
acres, 2012 
23,652 
(D) 
14,578 
10,531 
10,201 
49,747 
6,067 
3,297 
2007 
34,434 
755 
22,770 
16,335 
15,415 
46,688 
11,821 
6,041 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
10 
3 
29 
42 
49 
49 
20 
18 
2007 
7 
5 
11 
28 
47 
31 
24 
19 
acres, 2012 
3,752 
(D) 
5,017 
46,882 
7,599 
24,685 
14,681 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
551 
2,080 
26,800 
9,527 
29,933 
11,357 
2,219 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
3 
5 
3 
7 
3 
2007 
- 
- 
4 
8 
4 
5 
6 
3 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
156 
174 
(D) 
461 
33 
2007 
- 
- 
568 
226 
113 
799 
1,510 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
10 
3 
18 
7 
9 
4 
2007 
1 
- 
10 
1 
9 
3 
1 
3 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
4,784 
(D) 
1,818 
(D) 
660 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
- 
5,914 
(D) 
1,860 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 661 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
